"Every one of you has the capability to crack the test," says Prasad Rao, product head at IMS Learning Resources Pvt Ltd.
In an online chat with readers, Rajesh Balasubramanian, head, 2IIM, Chennai answered queries on how to crack the management entrance test and get into a good business school.
Before we embark on a strategy for tackling the English/ Verbal Aptitude section in CAT, it is important to understand that the norm in this section today is fewer but tougher questions with comprehension and understanding being the order of the day.
We take a look at some section-wise tips for each of the three sections of CAT.
We take a look at some section-wise tips for each of the three sections of CAT.
A look at the various types of questions that have made an appearance in the entrance exams of management schools.
The unpredictability is seen in the number of questions, the number of sections, the marking scheme, negative marking, duration of the test and most importantly in the composition of the test.
You can save yourself from a lot of stress, if you plan well at this stage when there's just over a month left for the exam.
The competition to get a seat at the coveted Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is getting tougher with each passing year. Compared to an estimated 230,000 Common Admission Test (CAT) applications received in 2007, the country's seven IIMs have till date received around 290,000 applications a 26 per cent rise. Last year, the rise was 21 per cent.
How should you study for CAT? Spend more time on your weak areas? Or spread time around evenly? Read on
When she retired after 35 years of service, a surprise awaited government teacher Asha Tripathi.
The CAT is not a test of one's ability to apply mathematical formulae or to mug up the theorems therein, but a test of management skills. Here's how...
Data interpretation gives most CAT aspirants the jitters, especially those from non-technical backgrounds. Here Gaurav Bakliwal, of Testfunda.com, share some useful tips on how students can sharpen their DI skills.
As a group of Bharatiya Janata Party workers chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' and raised 'Modi, Modi' slogans in front of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra bus in Nagaon, the Congress leader waved, gave flying kisses and stepped down to meet them.
'Our numbers were less (than BJP's) but PM Narendra Modi blessed us. Modi Saheb told me before the swearing-in that he will extend all possible help to me. Amit Shah Saheb said he will stand behind us like a rock,' Shinde said. 'But the biggest kalakar (artist) is this one,' Shinde said, pointing to Fadnavis sitting to his right on the treasury benches.
A look at the important topics in each of the 3 sections.
Munira Lokhandwala, a faculty at IMS Learning Resources hosted a CAT 2008 chat with GA readers on July 23. For those of you who mised the chat, here's the unedited transcript.
